''Browallia eludens'' is a small herb in the genus ''

Browallia ''Browallia'' is a small genus of seven species of flowering plants (mostly annuals though occasionally shrubs or ephemerophytes) belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae.Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag ...

'' in the family

Solanaceae Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...

. It is known only from a few locales in

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, and Chihuahua. Indeed, at the time of its initial publication in 1993, this represented the first time that any member of the genus had been reported from the United States. The epithet "eludens" refers to the fact that the plant had eluded botanists for many years. The species is considered critically imperiled in the United States because it is known from a single location, in

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, a few km north of the Mexican border. The plants general appearance is unusual for the family. It is a small, delicate, erect herb with yellow flowers. It occurs in moist habitats in forested areas.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14917107 Cestroideae Flora of Arizona Flora of Chihuahua (state) Flora of Sonora Flora of Mexico